Beer: Ratings & Reviews

Reviews by B967ierhunter177:

3/5 rDev -21.1%look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

This beer pours a clear, bold yellow with 1/8 inch white head and lace until the end. The aroma is of cirus and dough. The flavor is a blend of lemon and vanilla followed by a mildly bitter finish. It has a creamy, medium mouthfeel. Anderson Valley Poleeko Gold Pale Ale is a good beer, crisp, dry, and refreshing. Recommended.

Anderson Valley Brewing Co. has gone right to the can, literally. Two in the can now, more soon, hopefully. Long live the craft can!

Nope, not drinking this one out of the can. Thick crowning of lace as the head subsides; deep golden color shows off its clarity. Aroma of fresh-cut hay and orange zest from the malt and hops respectively. Some smoothness yields to the medium body, a little slick as well. It has those West Coast moves of a very clean palate, hop bitterness on the up and up, with a citric flare and a light biscuity malt that provides a solid base. Ends on a nutty, earthy, grassy malt note, with a thick lather of citric flavor from the hops.

This is a good utility beer. It works as a session ale, with enough hops to quell a hop- head's desire for at least a round.

I was expecting more from this beer and was a little let down. A nice copper color beer pours from the bottle with good lacing down the glass. The smell is quite subtle with light hints of hops and malted sweetness. The taste is kind of a let down with a very light hoppiness and light malt flavors combined to make a very balanced yet quite borring beer. When faced against Stone Pale Ale, Sierra Nevada or AleSmith, you could do much better than this beer.

Slightly hazy golden, with a decent head and ample stick. Floral, citrus, light grain in the nose. Medium, malty body, smooth, lightly sweet that moves into a crisp, sharp, bitter, citric snap that's a bit rind-like too. Touch of yeast with a grain dryness and biscuit flavours run into the finish.

This is west coast all the way. Refreshing and very drinkable. My only beef with this beer is that you need to drink it immediately -- while it's still cold -- as some unpleasant tannins emerge as soon as the beer begins to warm.

Presentation: 12 oz brown long-neck bottle with no freshness date. Blurb about the beer on the back label.

Appearance: Pale honey golden in colour with a well textured lace that tells me the beer is going to be smooth.

Smell: Fresh hop aroma, flowery and bitter. Mildy fruity.

Taste: Exceptionally smooth with a bitter sweet hop burst. Malt and lends a light biscuit grain flavour yet is laidback otherwise. More fruit character from the hop than the yeast but both are certainly noticeable. Hop flavour is long and drawn out but not alone, its paired up with a little grain to make for a dryish clean finish.

Notes: Prime example of what a West Coast American Pale Ale is. Head retention is close to perfection, hops are to die for and the malt and body are placed perfectly to keep everything in balance. Wow what a beer!

Sampled a 12 ouncer, pours a mildly hazy light amber/straw. White head, tiny bubbles, expansive fine lacing and sheeting. Hoppy, grainy APA, nose is mildly hoppy with a hint of butter. Medium bodied, not much of a mouthfeel, abit prickly on the tongue, could use some more of a malt undercarraige . Grainy hops carry the weight here. Grapefruit and peppery. Bitter and dry in the finish. Workable ale, respectable sessioner.

Appearance: Immense billowing head initally appears atop a fairly light honey-colored beer. After several minutes, the head has all but disappeared. Large patches left on the glass.

Smell: Pleasing nose of hops, with floral aromas along with some citrusy aromas.

Taste: Compared to the Hop-Ottin' IPA, this is a much more subtle brew. There is a hoppy (though well-balanced) predominant flavor. Finish is on the dry side, with a slight metallic taste.

Mouthfeel: Lots of carbonation. Medium-bodied.

Drinkability: I would think this would be a great "hot summer day" beer. Not too big in the flavor or complexity department. Very refreshing, with little aftertaste. Another solid offering from the folks at Anderson Valley.

A hearty APA is the only way I can describe this one. Pours and smells like any other pale ale; coppery and caramel malt with a touch of piney hops. The taste is strongly bitter with hops, pine, and grass flavors. Mellows into a smoother malt and caramel. Probably the most bitter APA I've ever had.

Poured from a 12 oz bottle into an over sized wine goblet. Firm pour evokes a scant white head that falls very quickly. Little to no lace. Color is a wonderful pale cloudy golden yellow.

Nose- Nice mild pine & citrus. Tangerine and orange.

Palate- A bit thin at first, nice grassy straw quality about it. mild citrus hops. Orange rind and a bit of lemon zest. Some nice sweetness comes through. Tangerine in the finish, more then the nose would have you believe. Finish is short with a very slight bitterness in the close.

Anderson Valley's Poleeko Gold Pale Ale is a rather nice brew. It pours a golden color out of the bottle, with a nice foamy head. The smell is gentle, reflecting the nice balance of hops and malts within this beer. The taste is refreshingly NOT overly hopped. This is NOT a hopped up ale. Thank goodness. Enough with over hopping and the masking of flavor. Anderson Valley has made a nicely balanced ale, with a nice smooth taste. Search it out and enjoy!

Hazy sub orange color (almost exactly the color of 80 proof bourbon), bright white 1/4 inch head of little body. Slightly droopy ring laces. Hoppy aroma, leaning toward the tangerine. Compared to other Anderson Valley products, this strikes me as low key, a gentle amount of caramel and a softer sense of rind-like American hop. Overall, slightly astringent and on the hop end, the finish is somewhat peppery with a bit of balsam in the aftertaste. Refreshing but surprisingly middle-of-the-road to my tastes. Good sense of balance was acheived by the brewers.

What a treat I have overlooked this beer so many times please don't make the same mistake. Pours a slightly hazed copper orange with a nice bubbly foaming off-white head very nice appearance and the lacing is lies even around my pint. The aroma is a bouquet of floral west coast hops with a load of malt buttery notes of sweetness just amazing beer a benchmark for the style. The taste has traces of honey sweetness that run through it with honey glazed west coast hops and enough malt sweetness to balance it out just a great refreshing beer. The mouthfeel is medium bodied slightly syrupy very nice fluffiness to the texture, this beer is truly amazing. Drinkability is like whoa, I could go out in buy a case to have as my go to beer right now it's that good.